Glove incorporating a change purse



June 7, 1949. H. LE CLAIR GLOVE INCORPORA'I'ING A CHANGE PURSE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 15, 1946 122193214302 13222 8 119213; Lew,

June 7, 1949. H. LE CLAIR GLOVE INCORPORATING A CHANGE PURSE 2 sheets -sheet 2 Filed March 15, 1946 Patented June 7, 1949 UNJ TED 1S *PAYFEN T @FrF l-QE GLOWINEORPQBATINGWCHANGETWSE liarniettel Lei (Blair, Broekton; Mass.

--Application-Marbh 15 1 946; Serial NOHGB Q 580 (OLE-+160) 3 Elwlms. 11

"This invention relates to gloves invwhioh a palm :rpurse is "incorporated.

Moreupartioulan-ly it relates to. calm :gloves, mittensgomd the like.

vWomen-and children often have-need to carry wwsmalll sum of. money; or ahouse'key; as, money -fior'car*fare,-'or foretn errand=at a grocery. Coins for such purposes can he slipped into ones glove or into the "mitten a child is wearing, but exwperience-has shown that there is risk ofi line-coin 1 leeeomingwlost, with consequences more or-less 1 serious. Therefore "devices! have heart :peoposed nforiconstruetmge pulse in theclpalm -ofsar ;glove. Winn" closure flapsxand fastenings of vamious types. mot" e111 suchwhiiihertotknown 430136181138 "unsatisfied leery, because they; add bulk and stifinessr tcrthe malm of"thenglolne, andwbeceu-se they emtalilzzmore or less discomforh to the-wearer.

'"Iherpurse of my invention xavoids" thexdiscomnurses in fort, while attaining the'vsaliety whiehisrequiaite. '20

because. it needs no closure flap on 1111133011.? slide .fastener metallic fastening, suclneswhave characterized previous palm purses. Althoughmhe pocket of *mylpurse: is in the palm loft the glove, :or; mitten, I provide a mouth aior the purse [in cthelthumbrofi the glove. The edge of materialist .thel rmouthmnay be huttomholed; or :itmay l he iaeed,= for suitable finish and! to withstendwwear. The :mouth extends across the thumb or cnotch;

.it iwlisthyugmvlitywinto the pocket aor? bodyuof the nurse in: thenpalm. l'Ihe -coin eamnoh eseape drum confinement thereywithouttconsclous effort -of the wearer. .lflheacanz -extaact" the coin-easily by-holding her? halndqso that-byrgrauity! theooln falls into? the, part 49f hhenpOBKEb lwhiclm -is-towamd the-wrish zandrithen so thatxitl falls ,theneeizinto the neck; that; lleads A0- .ohe, thumb. liButs this :ln- :wblvesnpeculiar posesn :in'mhich the-awealrerzzfiist turns! her hand :upmand; with *wxist under 1. the :palm rte :let gravityrsettle the-main Ttowamd the wrist; and i then "rotates the hand 1 {to nput hher thumb mnderneathnsoftthat the coin-in falling. tells :into lmenneek andvauoids falllingwback into :the'maiu bodywof hherpocket. when the coin has i been r thus messed i into the neck lealdingrto the mouth. the: coin-earlobe unamnuleted out throueh the mouthJhy hernotherfihand;overcoming the frictional: resistaneelofzhhe closedslit. The snat- 13ml! of thehuman hand is suoh that thissequenee :ofl handlmovementsaend vpeeitions does not-occur in 'fthe uoodinary course moi deoorous behaviour. eHencez'llhe-rooin millonotiesealpe mithout aid lot theiwewrer; :nor without Seen conscious knowledge;

: on onermayw stuff thethtunb into-the mouth.

tandlmey even .be in the gusset between thumbend "1-10 ,palm. Thecpoeketofl the, purse may! be the space between the surface materialwf; the glove-end its lining. If the glove has no interior liningtof regularstyieral patch of lining-Ion the airmen face -01 cathe palm will serve. Jining,:a-.-course of SfiitGhBSvWilL confine coins rto .iahewpallmregion if thatsbe desired. llln aeither construction therev is. preferably I a. threat passage vbetweenthe pocket and ltsqmouhh; or at least there: is tpreferablye re-entrant-angle of stitching toneuard against a simple lateral movement .of the, hand .or of the coin, taking thecoindi- .rectly fromthe pocket laterally into the "mouth. The-presence of the wearers 'thumh.1;en'ds to keep themouth of the purse closed at all times while M5 'the glove containing the 'purse is being-worn. Since the-making of the poeket requiresno more than that there be" a, lining; the; presence of 'the ipurse causes no discomfort to thewearer.

To use the purse, the wearer poseel ler hand 50 wbefore :her with thumb :upwerd, wand cdges the uorln into the mouth at thebase -oflthe thumb. mnd with -gentla pressure overcomes the frictional resistance of the maltenialvofmhe glove asnshe :Ilips theeoin lthroughthis closed slit: immumhieh 65 .flff the glove" is memoved from the hand; a: told.- ingr-of' the thumb ovelvlnto the-palm; and; neon-- xventional' mbllingior tubklngwofu the'gloves lzoeether will 1 wpreventsiaceielental escape wot theccoin.

"The:aeeompanylngtrdrawings illustrate twosmjbodimgntgsofirthe mention andalso illustrate two warietles of'mttten to which itiszalpplied. Itmiill "be: understoodnhoweven shat LlBBiOf the invention sisranot .limitedn-tmcthe :partleular types of mitten If i there is a complete :35 .lwhiehnareshuwm: and: that-it iSl$Q1l891lYi available don: gloves summed: im any :style. 1The rpresenee uorwabsenee eof fingers uismmmnterisl, and lthe :method ofeoonstmctlun lot: lthexe-love on-mittemis immaterial.

- In the'drawings Figure 1 isle; fmontrvlew loll a. mitten embodying :iwlze nurse ofr therinuenticn; 1 611192: mitten which :has mo lining: exeept tlhevnatch lining of" the -in- .wentlon,

c Figure 2 showslthesmezinlbach and rfrontblnnlqs, zandli lieurc Bauhaus Ema: third nblanlm msed in .the masking bfzlbheqnnttenrpurscnof meme 1.

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:iliguretfi siseajwe iEVflOfZfl' mitten pumse not ,theirinventionntnrmhichlthe mitten has aplining,

li liguwe 7 ShWSi at blamhommaterial; irommhioh :zhherrmittenaofFEigurenfiwisaaseumed: rlio be mode, and

fileulessaeaudlamre. edse'rlfidwszfifz the mitten and purse of Figure 6 respectively on the section lines indicated at 8-8 and 9-9 in Figure 6.

It will be understood that the drawings are dis. grammatic; and that they omit to portray the soft and flexible character of the material of which the gloves and mittens will ordinarily be made. As the invention is concerned only with the palm and thumb region the specific portrayal of a mitten serves equally for a glove. But in the claims and at some places in the specification the term glove is used in a generic sense, to include all hand coverings, whether or not the fingers are separated from each other.

The mitten represented in Figures 1-5, made of any suitable material, is made by a putting together of the three cut-outs I0, I2 and I4. They may be joined by stitching as indicated in Figures 4 and to make a shape conventionally indicated in Figure 1, in any manner approved in the glove makers art. As represented, the blank I2 is to be turned over upon the blank ID, and all edges of the two united, except at the wrist I8, and at what is to be a free edge, at the mouth of the purse. Before this is done a facing 22 will have been applied to this mouth edge, and the lining patch I4, I63, will have been applied, on the part l2, as by shifting it downward and to the left from its position in the drawing, without rotating it. Then when the part I2 is turned over, the patch I4, I6 will occupy the position seen in Figure 1having its main body between I2 and I4, but with its portion l6 projecting over and overlying the thumb part of the cut-out III. Preferably the projecting part I6 which constitutes the front of the thumb, in the completed article as seen in Figure 1, will be of material like that of the front and back of the main parts of the mitten. However, the main body of this piece I4, which is to be a lining patch inside the mitten, may be of different and thinner material if preferred. This lining patch will ordinarily be stitched to the surface which is to be an interior surface of the front of the mitten, so that the pocket 30 will be held on the part I2 that will overlie the palm of the hand. The shape of this pocket may be varied at choice, especially the depths to which it extends toward the fingers and toward the wrist. In Figure 1 the dotted line I4 indicates the edge of the patch lining. However, the patch should preferably extend over a region, at the left of where the coin 25 is represented in Figure 1, such that while the glove is being worn the wearer can turn her hand so as to make the thumb be under the coin, so that a. coin falling from the last said region will fall into the thumb instead of falling into the finger region. And there should be a depth of pocket toward the fingers, into which the coin can fall when the hand is held with fingers down, but with the thumb not under it-which will be always the ordinary down position unless the wearer by special effort gets the thumb under the coin-from which depth of finger region the coin cannot work its way by gravity to the mouth 20. This is so the coin will always be kept away from the mouth 20, however the hand may ordinarily be held or moved, except when the hand is posed so that the mouth 20 is almost directly under a wrist position of the coin. In the stitching of the patch it is preferable to emphasize the crotch between the thumb region and the palm region, as indicated at 24, where the thumb branches out from the palm, to provide additional safeguard against the coin slipping laterally from the palm pocket into the mouth. It will be observed that the mouth is located in the thumb branch of the crotch, so that the coin cannot get to the mouth without first entering the thumb branch of the crotch.

Figures 4 and 5 show how the two pieces I0, l2 of Figure 2 go together to make the mitten, and show the pocket space 30 available for holding coins.

Figures 6-9 represent the purse in a lined mitten. In this case the only change necessary from ordinary construction of a lined glove or mitten is to cut a slit 50 through the face material of the glove, across the face of the thumb, leaving the lining intact. This slit is just outside the crotch of the thumb, and preferably will be finished as a buttonhole is finished, so as to admit a coin at that location to the space between the face material and the lining of the thumb and mitten. In that simple form the full range from wrist to finger tips, constitutes the pocket between the face material and the lining, and this, in many cases, will be satisfactory. But it is preferable that the pocket be limited in extent by a line of stitching 56 which preferably will be arranged to make a crotch 54 to prevent the coin from casually entering the thumb, as gravity moves it about while the wearer moves her hand freely and carelessly in ordinary behaviour. This keeps the coin away from the month except when there is the above described extraordinary pose of the hand that is wearing the mitten. In Figures 6-9 the invention is shown applied to a mitten 0f the style in which the cut-out for the face 42 and for the back 48 are made as one, so that the mitten is formed by folding the part 42 over upon the part 40, a lining of similar shape being applied. For Figure 8 the section is taken so as to show the entrance region, and for Figure 9 to show the body region, of the pocket 60. The lip of mouth 50 is marked 46.

Thus constructed, with complete lining or with merely a patch lining, coins can easily be put into the pocket when ones hand that is wearing the purse is held in a natural position before one; but no coin can accidentally or by gravity get to the mouth, for escape, until the hand is posed in an unnatural elevated position with the thumb down, and the palm turned sidewise outward. And meantime the location and arrangement of the purse-mouth, as an opening across the thumb in the thumb branch of the crotch, dispenses with all need for a mechanical fastener.

There is opportunity for variety in choosing the exact location and slant of the mouth, 20 or 50, and for designing the re-entrant depth of the guard stitching 24 or 54, whose function is to reduce the chances of a coin moving laterally from the pocket directly to the mouth. This guard stitching is an obstacle such that no quick lateral movement of the hand can shake the coin directly into the mouth. If the coin should be thrown merely into the passage which leads to the mouth its presence there would be felt by the wearer, and would be a warning. And, in any event, the next thoughtless movement of the hand would not be likely to be one in a direction capable of putting out the coin, by stretching the material for it to pass out through the mouth. Thus the location and arrangement of the mouth of the palm purse dispense with closure fastenings heretofore necessary, by making the chances of unnoticed escape of a small coin so small as to be negligible, and when the purse of the invention is used for carrying a house key an unnoticed escape of the key would be practically impossible.

I claim as my invention:

1. A palm purse for a glove, mitten or the like comprising in combination the said glove; sheet material lining the inner side of the palm thereof; and stitches securing the said lining to material of the palm of the glove, so that interiorly the glove has a pocket whose opening is on that side of the pocket which is toward the thumb edge of the palm; the said pocket extending farther toward the fingers of the glove than does the said interior opening; there being an exterior opening in the surface material of the glove at the thumb edge of the palm, the Way between said exterior and interior openings being aligned in the direction of the wrist; whereby a purse is constituted, whose contents the glove tends to retain while the glove is being worn, except when the hand that is wearing this glove is first pointed upward for gravity to shift the contents toward the wrist, and afterward is pointed downward, and has its thumb edge downward.

2. A palm purse for a glove, mitten or the like comprising in combination the said glove, sheet material lining the inner side of the palm thereof and extending along the thumb; and stitches securing the said lining to material of the palm so that the palm of the glove has a pocket with the opening of the pocket toward the thumb; said lining continuing beyond said opening as material of the face of the thumb of the glove; the face ma terial of the palm having at said opening an edge constituting one lip of that opening; the said stitching having a location which extends toward the fingers and having a, portion which is re-entrant between the said opening and that part of the pocket which is nearer the fingers, thereby to obstruct the direct lateral passing of contents of said part of the pocket to an escape at said opening.

3. A palm purse for a glove, mitten or the like comprising in combination said glove; sheet material lining the inner side of the palm thereof; and stitches securing the said lining to material of the palm, so that a pocket is in the palm of the glove; said pocket having an opening at the thumb edge of the palm; and said pocket extending further toward the fingers than does the said opening; a portion of said stitches being in a line which extends far enough toward the wrist to cover said opening against escape of contents of said part of the pocket which is nearer the fingers, by direct movement to the said opening.

HARRIE'I'I'E LE CLAIR.

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